Intro
I have always known that my stock headlights were lame and I have always just accepted it as part of owning a Wrangler. I had thought about upgrading them to a higher performance headlight but was always put off by their advertising. These higher performance headlights claim to be brighter and in many cases whiter light but I could find very little in terms of hard data. What was their wattage rating? What was the true color temp? And so on. I looked all over the Syvania site but could not find all the info I wanted. I did find out that Sylvania makes four different models of headlights for my Wrangler and, three being higher performance, but I could not find out the specific differences.

What I decided to try
After finding out that Silvania made three high performance models for my Wrangler, I stopped by a Pep Boys to see what they carried. Turns out that they had all three models. I stared at all the boxes but the information on them is buzz wordy. They would say things like "They are both the whitest and the brightest lights available." or that they have the look of HID. This tells me nothing as all the high performance bulbs there claim to be the brightest and whitest and have the look of HID. I did find out that all three models were rated at 55/65 watts. I got scared away from the SilverStar lights, as they were $25 each. I also got scared away from their CoolBlue line because I have seen some artificially blueish light around and do not want that. The last choice was also the cheapest, the XtraVision lights. They were $13 each and soon I owned a pair of them.

The install
The install was very straight forward. You remove the chrome plastic ring from around the headlight and then you remove the (4) screws form the retaniing ring holding the headlight in place. Then you swap out the headlight and replace all the pieces. During the install, I had my camera on a tripod and I snapped a picture of before, during and after the install for reference.

The results
Once I drove around a bit, I found out that the beam made by the new headlights was different from the stock ones. It was wider and a little higher. This made the output look similar to the old high beams when the low beams were on. I got several flashes from people and that told me that I needed to lower the beams. Adjusting the headlights is fairly easy once you figure out what is what. There are two screws located diagonally to the headlight. The top/outside one moves the headlight up and down and the lower/inside one moves it left or right. Using my house as a reference, soon I had them lowered to be more like my old ones.

The new lights are definitely brighter and have a wider output. I can now see what is on the sides of the road as I drive. The color temp is exactly the same as the old headlights. This dissapointed me as I was hoping that it would be whiter. I may have been happier with SilverStar headlights. In the end I think I made an fine choice. I saved nearly $25 for headlights that are the same wattage as the SilverStars. If I were to do it again, I might spend the extra on the SilverStars.

More info
Doing a little more digging, I have found a site that states the color temp of all the major high performace headlights. I wish I would have found this before I made my purchase.

Some pics
Here is a of my headlights before the upgrade

Here is a pic showing one new and one old

Here is a pic with both new installed